Realm of Power

Two people sitting near the window in a noisy pub

"Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to go back when you come to the empire like this?" The black-haired young man put down the wine glass in his hand, and a chill flashed through his sharp eyes.

"It doesn't matter if I can't go back. Anyway, I am not the only crown prince in the Martin Liya royal family. And although I still hold the title of crown prince, in one year, the management rights of our Yi family will be up. The new Martin The Liya royal family will not recognize me as the crown prince." The man opposite shrugged his shoulders indifferently, with a rather emotional tone in his voice.

"Are you talking about the fact that the Sam tribe will take over the royal family of Martin Fang in a year?"

The black-haired young man took a deep breath. If he was someone who didn't know the situation of Martin Liya, or simply couldn't understand what it meant, fortunately, the Martin Liya royal family actually had three major families taking turns to take charge of this matter. The Imperial Intelligence Department has already reported it to him.

The Martinliga Kingdom still maintains a relatively backward alliance government system. The real royal family ceased to exist in name only sixty years ago. Although it still retains the title of the royal family, the person who truly manages the power of the Martinliga Kingdom is actually Il Home, Sam's home, Ann The three major families of the Xili family were all the leading regional lords of the Martinliya Kingdom. The land and military power controlled by the three families accounted for one-half of the Martinliya royal family. Even the original Martinliya royal family was Just an equal relationship with the three major families,

The last king of the Martin Tooth royal family died in a civil strife at the age of fourteen, leaving no heirs. Most of the other royal family members were killed in the turmoil, and finally the three major families rose up in arms. After putting down the rebellion, they stayed together in the capital of Martinliya. In order not to let Ma The Dingliya Prairie was divided again. After discussion, the three major families formed the new Martinliya Power Royal Family. The three major families selected one person to be the ruling king of Martinliya. The selection was re-selected every ten years, and the selection basis was the most important. Yes, it depends on which family opens up the largest territory for Martin Li Ya.

"It turns out that His Majesty the Emperor also knows so much about the internal situation of our Martin Fang Kingdom!" Spike's bohemian face had a look of astonishment, showing a solemn look for the first time. When others asked this, Spike didn't even frown. For a moment, Martin Tooth's royal replacement is nothing in southern Europe. It’s a secret, but the person sitting opposite is not an ordinary person. The change of royal power has always been the most prone to fluctuations. Such an opportunity is just a talking point for ordinary people, but in the eyes of the emperor, who is known as the number one layout in the mainland, This incident is enough for the empire to secretly prepare a lot of things!

"Don't be so nervous. I'm just curious to find out. Otherwise, how would you know what your Highness is coming to the Empire for?" The fat man waved his hand, looked at the dock outside through the window next to him, and continued, "After all, our Empire There is still a state of war with the Kingdom of Martinliya. At this moment, on the Kalisu battlefield in the south, 80,000 Martinliya troops are cooperating with 200,000 Anser people to advance towards the capital of Kalisu. In the direction of the capital is the empire's 100,000-strong army. At a time when such a war is about to break out at any time, His Highness, as the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Martin Tooth and the commander of tens of thousands of troops, actually left his own army and took a smuggling ship from the dock of the Order State in the south of the Inland Sea to Lisbonto. If Many forces in Oparo know that at this moment, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Martin Liya and the Emperor, the current biggest enemy of the Martin Liya Kingdom and the biggest enemy of the entire Southern Europe Baluo Alliance, are secretly meeting. I am afraid the entire continent will be shaken by it. !"

"Since Your Majesty already knows the situation of the royal family of Martin Liya, I won't bother to explain. I believe that me coming alone is enough to show my sincerity. And this time I come to the empire with only one request, that is, I hope that the empire can be ceded to I, Martin, want to have an outlet to the sea, and I believe that for the empire, an insignificant outlet to the sea should not be too difficult!" Pax said in a serious voice!

"Is this just a request?" The fat man's face was also slightly stunned. The majestic crown prince came to Lisbon to ask for it, just for an outlet to the sea? And even if there is an outlet to the sea, the Imperial Navy still dominates the Oparo Sea and the Inland Sea!

"I know it's difficult for Your Majesty to understand what an outlet means to Martin Fang, but as long as you know that this outlet is very important to my family, it's fine." Spike's breathing became quickened. Ten years ago, El The Il family became the ruling royal family of Martin Fang. In the past ten years, because the west was blocked by the Kalisu forest, the main expansion of the Il family was concentrated in the east. However, they were boycotted by the Barrow countries in southern Europe, and their performance was unsatisfactory.

Originally, this was nothing. After more than a hundred years of annexation and war in Southern Europe, small forces perished one after another, and were replaced by large countries with considerable strength. The golden age of the Martin Tooth Kingdom has gone, unless the Martin Tooth Kingdom wants to It would be impossible to go to war with the entire South, otherwise it would be impossible to regain the original sharp expansion momentum.

At this point, Pax showed a hint of embarrassment on his face, saying that although the Il family had gone all out, the results in ten years were only to snatch a swamp land of more than 300 miles from the Harvey people. The price was the death of more than 30,000 soldiers of the Il family, especially the battle for the holy capital of the Order State that ended some time ago. It was originally thought that It was a 100% sure situation, but due to the intervention of the empire, everything collapsed. The 30,000 strong light cavalry of the Il tribe of the Martinliga Kingdom that sneaked into the Holy Capital of the Order State not only received no benefit, but were all killed in the Holy City of the Order State. In both cities, this disastrous defeat directly led to calls for the Il tribe to hand over their power in advance in Martin Liya!

Spike paused and said in a serious voice, "The only one who can help the Il family now is the empire. If the empire is willing to give us a sea port, the reputation of our Il family will definitely be greatly enhanced. At the same time, if the three major News of the disastrous defeat of one of the families, the Asiri family, at the Battle of Calisu came, so our Il family may not have the chance to continue to rule the next generation." Spike's eyes were very different and he said decisively without hesitation.

"What good will it do to the empire if the Yi family continues to rule Martin Liya? Why should I help?" "The fat man laughed when he heard this. This upright crown prince really has no embarrassment at all. The empire gave him an outlet to the sea, but there was not even a price from beginning to end. It seemed that if the empire did not give him an outlet to the sea, disaster would be imminent.

"Ahem, of course there are benefits."

Spike coughed with embarrassment, and suddenly asked in a serious voice, "What does Your Majesty think of the invasion of the southern part of the Order State by the armies of the Harvey Kingdom and the Ikar Kingdom? I know that the imperial army has excellent combat capabilities, but the southern part of the Order State is all mountainous and rugged. People who are not familiar with the terrain are basically unable to figure it out, and the Harvey people have been planning for decades. As for the terrain and mountains in the southern part of the Order Country, they are afraid that More than the capital of the Order, it is clear that at this moment, they are deliberately avoiding the edge of the Empire and want to draw the Imperial army into the southern mountains as a battlefield. In addition to the rugged mountainous terrain and the Imperial cavalry cannot enter, it is also because the Harvey people have secretly cooperated with the Order. The mountain people in the southern mountains of the regiment suddenly fought out from behind.

"If it's just this kind of news, I'm afraid I won't be able to find another outlet."

The fat man's face also showed a bit of heaviness. It was true that even he didn't know about the secret alliance between the Harvey Army and the mountain tribes in the southern part of the Order State. It's no wonder that the Harvey Army was almost defeated in a group. It turned out that it was here Waiting for the imperial army to jump in, if it hadn't been for the Crown Prince Martin Liga who sold the Harvey people, I'm afraid it would have been a very serious matter.

"Your Majesty may have misunderstood. What I mean is that both Harvey and Ikar are in a situation where their armies are outside."

"What if, I mean what if, just when the imperial army was confronting them, I, Martin Fang, suddenly invaded the rear of the two countries." Spike grinned and said coldly. "Compared to Ansili, who is in charge of the western strategy, The family had been planning for a Carisu for ten years and invested a lot of manpower and material resources. It was only now that we finally began to harvest. If our Il family could capture the fertile lands of Harvey Kingdom and Ikar Kingdom in this last year, wouldn’t it be much better than just a mere Kalisu Forest? , even if the Sam family gives up its power this time, it is entirely possible."

"Martin Fang Kingdom has not had such a large-scale expansion war for a long time. Once it really starts, the lords of the entire kingdom will launch it. But this matter, I am afraid that it will not be completed if it is just my family. After all, both armies are strong. If you are not under my Il family, you will withdraw your main force when attacked. Unless the empire can suppress the two countries, you will not dare to take action. In fact, if I, Martin, attack the two countries with my sharp fangs, for the empire, it is equivalent to automatically disbanding the religious order. The crisis in the south of the country!"

Seeing Spike speaking with great enthusiasm, Fatty couldn't help but sigh in his heart. No wonder the entire southern European Barrow people say that the Martin Tooth people have no bottom line, are barbaric and cruel, and are looting. They have never had any true allies. In Callisu, MA The Dingliya people stabbed their allies, the Kalisu people, so that the Kalisu army was defeated by the Anser people. More than a million Kalisu people were caught in the flames of war, and this Crown Prince Martin Liya came thousands of miles away. What I was thinking in my head turned out to be the same thing.

The butcher's knives were unanimously raised towards their allies, which is enough to show that in the eyes of Martin's sharp teeth, allies are actually synonymous with their betrayal at any time. This should also be one of the biggest drawbacks of the three governments' rotation in power. Your ally does not mean that it is me. allies. All allies are targets that can be stabbed at will. In order to gain power, Quan, in the concept of the Martin Liya people, has never had allies. They used the empire to hold the main forces of the two countries to open the door for the invasion of the Martin Liya army. After robbing them, they patted their butts and left, leaving behind a group of already red-eyed Harveys. The Ikar Army and the Ikar Army fought tooth and nail with the Empire. I’m afraid the Empire is also the same so-called pig teammate in the heart of the crown prince!

Coming out of the tavern where Spike was, the fat man tightened his collar and walked towards the carriage waiting at the corner of the street. An imperial guard in guard uniform opened the door of the carriage for the fat man and whispered, "Your Majesty, we just received the call." War Report from the South"

The fat man walked onto the carriage and his eyes fell on a battle report lying on the table. He stretched out his hand to open the battle report. After scanning his eyes, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. Salton was indeed a former Nord general known as the disabled lion. Faced with collapse, In the situation of Callisu, the response was quite in place, not only thinking about defense, but immediately sending Estante's cavalry to attack south, like a sharp knife inserted into the back line of the Ansel Army.

The Ansers, who thought they had achieved victory across the board, had no idea that they would suddenly encounter a ferocious bargain hunting attack by a cavalry group.

The Anser army, which had been dispersed in pursuit of the collapsed Kali Su army, suddenly fell on their backs in front of the sweeping cavalry blades, causing numerous casualties. Due to the surprise attack of the imperial cavalry, the Anser army had to shrink its forces and give up its attack on Kali. The pursuit of the Su people saved the lives of at least 200,000 Kalisu people, including more than 40,000 It was Carisu's soldiers who retreated from the Southern Wilderness Wall. These soldiers finally retreated to the chokepoint Biyang Valley, together with the local defenders and Lytle's border guards who came from behind to reinforce them, a total of more than 70,000 Carisu. The army became the first line of obstruction after the collapse of Carisu's situation, attracting the Anser army that continued to move north towards Biyang Valley.

Until two days later, when the 50,000 imperial troops led by Salton arrived in Biyang Valley, the outside of Biyang Valley was still in the hands of the Kali Su army. The Anser army struggled hard in Biyang Valley and finally had no choice but to negotiate peace with the empire. , Salton once again used the terms of the peace talks to temporarily retreat the Anser army to a range of eighty miles north of the Southern Wilderness Wall, giving the Kalisu people south of the royal capital five days to migrate north.

A large number of Kalisu people began to roll towards the capital of Kalisu. The old people and children with hesitant expressions, and the faces of the young adults were also uneasy. The sudden and tragic defeat ten days ago completely defeated Kalisu. The pride of the Lisu people, the 100,000 Kalisu army was overwhelmed by the 200,000 Anser army and the 80,000 Martin Liya army on the outskirts of the southern city of Suru.

In this battle, the Kalisu lost one hundred thousand loyal and skilled soldiers. The loss of the Kalisu people's more than a hundred-year rule over the Kalisu dense forest, the glory and dreams of seven generations, the qualification to rise in Barro in southern Europe... everything happened when the Martin Tooth Army appeared in Kalisu. At that moment, the Soviet army was ruthlessly shattered by the shameless swords and shadows of Martin's sharp teeth.

On the fourth day after the peace talks, Lytle and veteran Elliott came to the place where Carrie's Soviet army collapsed. The two looked at the scene in front of them with complicated expressions.

In the vast forest land at the foot of the mountain and the green sea, as far as the eye can see, there are corpses wearing broken armors everywhere. The fate of the Southern Wild Wall Legion, which the Kalisu people are most proud of, is like this. I don’t know whether it was out of hatred or showing off, but the victors who defeated the Kalisu army were not so kind as to bury the wreckage of the losers.

In the hot summer, the strong smell of rotting corpses in the air is unbearable even from a few kilometers away.

Densely packed broken spears and spears spread to the horizon. In the distance, a broken flag stood slantingly in the sunset. The evening wind "Hunting" rolled up the flag cloth, and the words "Calisu's Fifth Infantry Regiment" were faintly visible. The flag is still there, but the warrior holding the flag is already a corpse covered with arrows. Large groups of corpse-eating vultures are flying towards the sky and covering the ground, rising and falling, making strange screams as if to celebrate their good luck.